FRZD2

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URL	https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2025-FRZD2
Title	BeamPIE – a suborbital test of an accelerator for space applications
Authors	Q. Marksteiner, A. Guider, B. Haynes, B. Carlsten, C. Roper, C. Clanton, D. Beckman, D. Patrick, G. Delzanno, H. Xu, J. Sheldon, J. Lewellen, J. Moreno, K. Smith, M. Giblin, M. Holloway, R. Holmes, R. Aragonez, R. Hemphill, V. Pavlenko Los Alamos National Laboratory G. Reeves New Mexico Consortium
Abstract	Summary: An experiment to fly an accelerator in space recently concluded successfully. Discuss the objectives, differences from terrestrial accelerators, and results from the flight. Accelerators have the potential to play a major role in space-based activities. These can range from investigation of the Earth’s magnetic field, to helping mitigate the effects of increased solar activity (e.g. by helping drain the Earth’s radiation belts of charged particles), to deep-space missions. There are many challenges associated with operating accelerators in a space-based environment, however, ranging from high-voltage systems, to thermal management, to spacecraft charging. The Beam-Plasma Interaction Experiment – BeamPIE – was a small electron accelerator launched on a sounding rocket in 2023, to both explore the interaction of an electron beam with the near-earth plasma environment, and to test several new approaches to accelerator design in a space environment. This talk presents an overview of the BeamPIE accelerator design, mission objectives, and results from its flight.
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Conference	16th International Particle Accelerator Conference
Series
Location	Taipei, Taiwan
Date	01-06 Jun 2025
Publisher	JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland
Editorial Board	* Ming-Chyuan Lin - National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center * Yoichi Sato - KEK * Jui-Che Huang - National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center * David Button - Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation * Ping-Shun Chuang - National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
Online ISBN	978-3-95450-248-6
Online ISSN	2673-5490
Received	24 May 2025
Revised	04 June 2025
Accepted	04 June 2025
Issued	05 November 2025
DOI	10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2025-FRZD2
Pages	3261-3265
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